Couples Therapy

Couples therapy with me is centered on the relationship itself, not on deciding who is right or wrong. Most couples come to therapy because they care deeply about their relationship and want it to feel more connected, workable, and alive again.

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My work is informed by the Gottman Method and the Sound Relationship House, which highlights research-backed foundations of healthy, lasting relationships. This includes not only learning to manage conflict, but also strengthening friendship, deepening understanding, and reconnecting with what drew you together in the first place. Often, couples don’t lose love so much as they lose access to it under stress, misunderstanding, and repeated patterns.

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Conflict plays a central role in this work, not because it is the enemy, but because it carries important information. Beneath recurring disagreements are often unmet needs, core values, old wounds, or deeply held dreams. When these are explored, conflict can shift from gridlock to dialogue and become a way of building intimacy rather than eroding it. Many couples come to understand one another more deeply through this process.

Therapy provides a supportive space where patterns are named, meanings are clarified, and new ways of relating are practiced together. This can feel awkward at first. Relating differently is a skill, and like any skill, it can be learned and strengthened over time.

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Many of us default to ways of relating that were modelled for us growing up or shaped under stress, even when they no longer fit who we are or how we want to love. Couples therapy offers the opportunity to step out of these automatic patterns and intentionally shape a relationship that feels more aligned with your values and intentions. My role is to help you understand what supports your relationship, what undermines it, and how to move forward with greater awareness, care, and connection.

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